I have a Redhat 7.3 box and an Epson Perfection 1650 scanner (hooked up via USB) that I can not get to work. I should mention this is my first ever attempt at using a scanner in linux so it is possible I just missed something. I am able to use other USB devices on my linux box and I have taken the Epson 1650 to another computer running Win98 and everying appears to work just fine. Also, I am running the Ximian Desktop version of sane.
When I launch xsane it gives me a dialog box saying "xsane: no device available", but if I cat /proc/bus/usb/devices C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr= 0mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=04b8 ProdID=0110 Rev= 3.02 S: Manufacturer=EPSON S: Product=EPSON ScannerA The vendor information does appear to be accurate and according to what I have read the the Espon Perfection 1650 vendor and product info (0x04b8 0x0110) are correct. If I run scanimage --list-devices, it reports "No scanners where identified", but sane-find-scanner reports "found USB scanner (vendor = 0x04b8, product =0x0110) at device /dev/usb/scanner0" I did edit /etc/modules.conf and added options scanner vendor=04b8 product=0110 The next time I boot the system, I see an error message saying something to the effect of drivers could not be found (I don't have the exact text). Any ideas? thanks, Jeremy
